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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 30, 1878

Obituary Notices.

“Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.”

Died, in Battle Creek, Mich., May 17, 1878, of a complication of diseases, Bro. Henry Gardner, in the 78th year of his age. Bro. Gardner was in the first Advent movement, in Vermont, and was one of the first in that State to take his position upon the third message, and commence the observance of the Sabbath. He removed to Battle Creek in 1867, where, with the exception of about nine months in the West, he has resided, always expressing an interest in, and a love for, the great truths connected with this cause. Funeral the 18th, on which occasion we spoke briefly to a large congregation, from 1 Cor. 15:26. U. S.

Fell asleep in Jesus, near Waterford, Ohio, May 10, 1878, my dear wife, Retta O. Boone, aged 28 years, 10 months, and 13 days. At first her disease was cancer of the tongue, but its nature seemed to change after a time, and it was regarded as consumption. While Bro. H. A. St. John was delivering a course of lectures in Bro. Fles’ neighborhood, she accepted the truth, and united with the Waterford church, of which she has ever been a faithful member. She now sleeps, and is numbered with the blessed who die in the Lord. In a little while she will come forth in immortal bloom, and we who now mourn will then rejoice. Funeral discourse by Eld. Kyle. Wilson S. Boone.

Died, at Potterville, Mich., May 4, 1878, of inflammation of the lungs, George Wesley Bennett, aged 38 years. Bro. Bennett was one of the most vigilant and efficient members and officers of the Potterville S. D. A. church, and by his death the church has lost one of the chief pillars, and his family a most dutiful and affectionate son, husband, and father. Discourse based upon the words of Rev. 22:14.